Carmelized Oxtails

Caramelized Oxtails

Ingredients:

- 2 lbs of oxtails..

- 1 lt of water

- salt and black peppers

- nutmeg

for the caramel sauce:

- 1 tbsp of butter

- 2 large shallots, thinly sliced

- 4 cloves of garlic, mince

- 1 red jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced

- 1/2 cup of sweet soy sauce or (regular soy sauce + 2 tbsp of brown sugar)

- 2 tbsp of sugar 

- 1/2 cup of oxtail broth 

- green onion, thinly sliced

- 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice 

Method:

- boil the oxtail until tender, I put it a big pan, covered with foil and bake in 350'F oven for 2 hours.. fish the oxtail out and let them cool, reserve the broth 

- in a big pan, heat butter, add shallots, garlic and jalapeno pepper, stir until fragrant 

- add the broth, soy sauce, sugar and oxtail 

- cook until the sauce thickened 

- sprinkle with lemon juice

- top with green onion

Serve them hot with rice or mashed potato or pasta